Player Focus: Matri Primed to Take His Chance at Fiorentina
by James Horncastle
at jueves, ene. 23 2014 16:40
As Giuseppe Rossi writhed around in pain following a needless challenge from behind by Leandro Rinaudo during the Tuscan derby between Fiorentina and Livorno at the beginning of the year, you feared for him and his team. He was clutching his right knee, the one that had kept him out for 18 months be...
Hot Shots: Serie A's Magnificent Seven
by Adam Digby
at lunes, dic. 19 2011 15:40
Serie A has long been famed for it's defensive abilities and tactical organisation, it's gifts to the world deemed to be tacticians such as Giovanni Trapattoni and Arrigo Sacchi, breeding defenders the likes of which other countries could only look on in envy of. Yet, as a byproduct of coming up aga...
Alessandro Matri: Better Than You Think
by Adam Digby
at martes, ago. 2 2011 11:56
From the moment David Trezeguet departed, fans and journalists alike bemoaned the lack of a true goalscorer in the Juventus attack. Common wisdom would have it that Alessandro Del Piero is too old, Vincenzo Iaquinta too prone to injury, Luca Toni four years too late and Amauri? He has the look of a ...
Serie A Goal Scoring Masters
by Cristiano Acconci
at viernes, may. 13 2011 15:13
Not too long ago Serie A was typified as a league that focused and mastered defending while avoiding beautiful/attacking football. To be honest not much as changed except one major thing, defending got poorer. Nevertheless, Serie A can be proud of is its abundance of natural goal scorers. Serie A is...